Depression, anxiety and stress among medical and non-medical students in Saudi Arabia: An epidemiological comparative cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To quantify the extent and variation of depression, anxiety and stress among medical and non-medical Saudi Arabian students.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, students from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, were recruited. The Faculty of Education was randomly selected to represent the non-medical colleges.

Reproductive health profile and circumcision of females in the Hali semi-urban region, Saudi Arabia: A community-based cross-sectional survey.

Background: Improving the reproductive health of females has be.come the focus of the developmental efforts of many nations.

Objectives: To identify the reproductive health style of married females, and to determine the prevalence and predictors of circumcision among girls aged less than or equal 18 years in Hali semi-urban region.

Developing an integrated organ/system curriculum with community-orientation for a new medical college in jazan, saudi arabia.

Background: Jazan province is located in the south-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The province is offlicted with a wide spectrum of diseases and therefore have a special need for more health services. The Faculty of Medicine at Jazan has been following the traditional curriculum since its inception in 2001.

Bone mineral density of the spine and femur in healthy Saudis.

The reference values of bone mineral density (BMD) were determined in healthy Saudis of both sexes and compared with US / northern European and other reference data. BMD was determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at the lumbar spine and femur including subregions: trochanter, Ward's triangle, and neck, in 1,980 randomly selected Saudis (age range 20-79 years; 915 males and 1,065 females) living in the Jeddah area. Age-related changes in BMD were similar to those described in US / northern European and Lebanese reference data.

Role of magnesium sulphate in treatment of severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neoborn.

Objective: Treatment of severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neoborn remains controversial and various modalities of treatment have been tried. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) as a treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neoborn (PPHN) in full term babies.

Methods: This study was carried out in the Maternity and Children's Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 1998 to 2000.

Education of female students in reproductive health issues in Jeddah: the role of school workers.

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